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THE BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>NEHEMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 1
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Nehemiah mourns and fasts and prays for the Jews in Jerusalem.
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The</span> words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.  And it came to pass in the month <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/1a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the ninth of the Hebrew months, be ginning at the new moon of December.">Chisleu</a>, in the twentieth year, as I was in <sup>b</sup><a href="neh/1/1b" mark="b" type="E" title="OR Susa (the chief city of all Persia); Esth. 1: 2.">Shushan</a> the palace,
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That <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Neh. 7: 2.">Hanani</a>, one of my brethren, came, he and <i>certain</i> men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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And they said unto me, The <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Remnant of.">remnant</a> that are left of the captivity there in the province <i>are</i> in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also <i>is</i> broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
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&#182; And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned <i>certain</i> days, and <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Fasting.">fasted</a>, and prayed before the God of heaven,
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And said, I beseech thee, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of heaven, <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/5a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB the God, the great, and the revered.">the</a> great and terrible God, that <sup>b</sup><a href="neh/1/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 7: 9; Dan. 9: 4.">keepeth</a> covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
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Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Confession.">confess</a> the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
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Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, <i>If</i> ye transgress, I will <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 3 (3-5); 2 Ne. 25: 15 (14-16); D&C 45: 19 (16-25).">scatter</a> you abroad among the nations:
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But <i>if</i> ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, <i>yet</i> will I <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 30: 3 (1-5); Micah 7: 12 (11-12); 1 Ne. 22: 12 (10-12); 2 Ne. 21: 12 (11-16); D&C 45: 25 (24-25).">gather</a> them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
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Now these <i>are</i> thy servants and thy <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 33: 13; 2 Ne. 29: 4; D&C 86: 11; D&C 109: 59 (59-67).">people</a>, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
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O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to <sup>a</sup><a href="neh/1/11a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR reverence thy name.">fear</a> thy name: and <sup>b</sup><a href="neh/1/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 24: 12.">prosper</a>, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.  For I was the king’s cupbearer.
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